AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core i7-8565U

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core i7-8565U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8565U performs better than the Ryzen 3 2200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2200U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8565U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 2200U. Indeed, the Core i7-8565U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 2200U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2200U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 2200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-8565U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.